The long promised competent pilot edition! It's a strange alternate universe where Ivan & Red are familiar with the show being discussed! They can name Maesters! They can name Theons! They can name all 5.5 Stark children! It truly is a brave new world. Also discussed are Django Unchained (no spoilers), Wool by Hugh Howey, and so much more!

Ivan and Red join together for this cozy Christmas special, the truly excellent 2010 Matt Smith Doctor Who episode "A Christmas Carol". With no guests to impede their internal madness, they cover a real treasure of a Christmas episode.

This episode it's Please, Please, Don't Kill Me, the Game of Thrones game show featuring favorite Caitlin Gill, Kelly Anneken, and of course Ivan and Red. Adam McLaughlin joins us for the Fake the Listner Challenge, The Sayer of Surveys will make you wonder what the Bannermen were thinking, Pass Phrase will have you snorting whenever "Double Dragon" is mentioned, and thanks to Lightning Round you will never forget Joffrey's last name.

Which reigns supreme: Railroad's original text or Weiss and Benioff's visually stunning adaptation? Third chair Kelly Anneken joins Ivan and Red as they end any possible debate with their exhaustive comparison! Also hear the newest entry in the Dan Preston Memorial Song Competition (Put 'Em on the Glass), discussion about the Boars, Gore, and Swords wiki, and so much more.

The last 3 chapters y'all! Ivan and Red take it to the back cover talking about Elmar and his princess, Tyrion gets Matrixed, Tysha makes a comeback, fire fights back, Alvie Singer, Railroad hates the Eagle(s), third eye twenty twenty, Rickon being cast aside, and more. A great end to a long book.

I&R are taking a week off for the Thanksgiving, but let them know what you want to hear from them when they come back! WYSBW? ASOIAF short stories? Miriam-Webster fan faction? Let us know at boarsgoreandswords@gmail.com!

Arya X, Sansa VIII, and Theon VI. The Third Chair herself returns! Miss Kelly Anneken is back along with Red and Ivan to discuss Javier Bardem, The Bloody Companions, scar belly, Old Nan, Young Nan, time travel, crime & punishment, treason squared, Crystal Pepsi, Art Deco the Movie, fan fiction of fan fiction, Ivan's neighbors having sex while recording, Nan branded a traitor to the north, and more! Next week: stop reading when you hit maps or genealogy.

Davos III, Tyrion XIII, and Sansa VI. Red and Ivan are joined by the HYSTERICAL Sean Keane to discuss The Sacking Song, The Hobbit movie, Microsoft's Zune, Spy Horse, apologies to Mark Hamill, The Onion Knight's REAL backstory, Scorpions the weapon along with Scorpions the scorpions, Wooden Wings Wooden Words, and so much more. This is a great one, get ready to re-listen. Next week Tyrion XIV, Sansa VII, and Daenerys V.

Sansa IV, Jon VII, and Tyrion XII. Red and Ivan discuss another GREAT Dan Preston song (It's a Shame), Sci-Fi/Fantasy rift, get a false start on the battle of Blackwater Bay, pour-over coffee from SF to London, The Hound's literal butchery, Doug Stanhope, Health Care, Sansa wedding and bedding, Jon Arbuckle and his Direwolf Ghost, Super Smash Bros at the Wall, Death of a Squire, and flesh-stabbing. Next week: Catelyn VII, Theon V, and Sansa V.

NOTE: The movie "Looper" is discussed in the beginning, if you don't want any spoilers, listen to Dan Preston's amazing song and then skip ahead to 9 minutes, 29 seconds.

Bran VI, Arya IX, and Daenerys IV. Red and Ivan discuss discuss Looper, the fact that Ivan has never seen Shawshank Redemption, Dan Preston's amazing "Wildlings" song, Bran never played Starcraft, Railroad dating fans, riding Zebras, horse-buying coins, mini Timothy Leary and shade of the evening, much foreshadowing in the House of the Undying, a Splendor of Wizards, and more! Bonus: Listen to the end to hear what Red and Ivan are wearing!

Theon III, Arya VIII, and Catelyn V. Ivan and Red cover their poor grammar, an amazing new theme submission from Daniel Preston, a bannerman who actually works for the Railroad, The Raid: Redemption, the whereabouts of Ser Barristan Selmy, and so much more. Next week Daenerys III, Tyrion IX, and Davos II.

Daenerys II, Bran IV, and Tyrion VII are covered this week. Ivan and Red cover Gouda, Cabernet, Daenerys in Qarth, Peyote, marching bands, Guy Branum's laugh, tax evasion, Robert Baratheon's death, and so much more. Matt Murdick of Podcast Winterfell's great remix is played, and we ask again for more theme song submissions to boarsgoreandswords@gmail.com. Next week is Arya VII, Catelyn III, and Sansa III.

Tyrion VI and Arya VI this week as a result of Red writing down the wrong chapters in last weeks show notes. Red and a near-comatose Ivan cover Outside Lands, Total Recall, Shagga's bathing, Cats with two-sided axes, Yo Gabba Gabba themed wedding, Eat No Evil and much more. Next week it's Daenerys II, Bran IV, and Tyrion VII.

Bran III and Catelyn II. To make two of the most *riveting* POVs more exciting we brought in Kelly Anneken to join Ivan and Red. We cover Ivan's vision board, bangable ladies vs bangable dudes, The Wire, Yara, Ivan's replacement and the real definition of "Ermine Mantile". Next week Jon III and Theon II.

Arya III, Davos I, and Theon I get chatted up by Ivan and Red. They discuss the specifics of "Making Water", stealing food, being too angry to eat, knuckle necklace, Seaworth Siblings, the true meaning of "We Do Not Sow", and Greyjoy entitlement! Next week we cover Daenerys I, Jon II, and Arya IV.

Prologue, Arya I, and Sansa I are covered in our first Clash of Kings book club episode. Even so early in the book, differences in the book and show emerge, as we cover Stannis wife! Stannis' Daughter! Patches, Hot Pie, The Rainbow Guard, Arya throwing down, smart Sansa, a non-douchey Kingsguard, and so much more. Next week we cover Tyrion I, Bran I, and Arya II.

The Battle of Blackwater Bay with guest Colleen Watson (@colleen_watson) along with Ivan and Red! They cover the Hound's PTSD, Cersei's drunk acting, Stannis going from Accountant to awesome, Kirk Cameron's optimism, great speeches and more. Follow @mhunger on twitter and review us on iTunes!

Miss Anneken is back! Kelly joins Ivan and Reddit Scott to cover Season 2, Episode 8 of Game of Thrones, "The Prince of Winterfell". The trio discuss Dan harmon, Star Wars drinking games, THE COOLEST CHARACTER EVER, how stupid Qarth is, and so much more.

Katie Compa joins Ivan and Red to cover Season 2, Episode 7 of Game of Thrones, "A Man Without Honor". This ep the show dog makes herself heard the first few minutes, then we discuss Theon getting stood up, Theon's teeth, the crazy King, head chops, blue balls, a plague cart, treating the wounded men well, Jorah's return, Harrenhall's Hanging Cart and much, much more.

Back to basics with Ivan and Red as they cover Season 2, Episode 6 of Game of Thrones, "The Old Gods and The New". Keeping it at a tight 73 minutes, we still manage to fit in Theon and his castle taking, Arya being good at Improv but bad at planning, the maid from Downton Abbey, The Wildlings, The Spice King, Junior Prom North of the Wall, and much more.

Delightful X-Play and Chelsea Handler writer Guy Branum joins Red and Ivan to cover Season 2, Episode 5 of Game of Thrones. At great length we cover R'hllorism, which part of the map Stannis and Melisandre fucked up on, whether Loras was a bottom, sexual identity in fantasy, Pyromancers, a Qarth art opening, Michael Stipe in The Fall, and so much more.

Ivan and Red cover Season 2, Episode 4 of Game of Thrones. We discuss the appearance of our Westerosi selves, the best sound engineer, Joffrey having no idea how to work a crossbow and going full Clockwork Orange, the return of The Mountain, Fat Vizzini, a whole new meaning to firecrotch, and more!

Ivan and Red ride in two days late with twice the episode to cover Season 2, Episode 3 of Game of Thrones. We talk Craster kickin' some Snow around, Luwin being a muggle, how Brianne's more qualified to give it to Marjorie Tyrell than Renly, Sansa's acting skills, the most accommodating wife ever, the drowned god and so very much more. We're late. We're sorry. It will probably happen again.

Caitlin Gill (@caitlinistall) is back with Ivan and Red to cover Season 2, Episode 2 of Game of Thrones! We discuss felling our enemies with Sword Tiaras, Skyrim's influence on Game of Thrones, Arya's Meg Ryan haircut, Gendry's makeover, the testicle CG crew, Varys's lack of mustache, the rule of threes, potatoes, and listen all the way to the end for a brief but special post script.

We're back to our roots, with Ivan and Red covering the season premiere of Game of Thrones. We talk secret previews, Sam Tarley's auditioning skills, STANNIS, Peter Dinklage acting into a mirror, sibling love, Joffrey coming into his own as King, bastard murder montage, CGI budget related to Dire Wolf growth, and so much more.

Sean Keane and Caitlin Gill join Ivan and Red for Red Loves Game of Thrones! Sean discusses watching all 9 Oscar movies in a row (with a break to perform at Cobb's), Lex Luthor in a power suit, how Red will never watch Lost, and finishing with a Game of Thrones themed Leonard Maltin Game with excessive talk of rotation. Playing of The Leonard Maltin is courtesy of Doug Benson, who has much more Len Maltin as well as incredible guests on his podcast Doug Loves Movies.

What You Should Be Watching - Downton Abbey edition. Ivan & Red invite Kelly over to discuss the topic of her original podcast Up Yours, Downstairs. In the LONGEST BGaS episode to date, they cover many hats, Maggie Smith, hat related posture, an extended discourse on corsets, and much more.

In their second "What You Should Be Watching" episode, Ivan & Red cover BBC's Sherlock, created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. We talk comparisons to House MD, the third greatest Conan, the disappointing RDJ Sherlock, the movie Hackers, and more!

Kelly joins Ivan & Red as they set media against media in an effort to determine the supremacy of either the book or the tv version of Railroad's Game of Thrones. WHO IS BETTER? Book Tyrion vs Show Tyrion, Book Daenerys vs Show Daenerys, book food vs show food and more!

SPECIAL ONE-OFF TV CLUB, Misfits edition. Having suffered a last minute cancellation, Ivan & Red introduce E4's Misfits, a show that can be described as the anti-"Heroes". Ivan and Red cover calling "Hero Academy" "Academy of Heroes" (look Red up on redson3), the Origin of Misfits, Redshirt Gary, American usage of Chav, The Jeremy Pyles Show, parkour, terrible BBC special effects, and more.

I and R cover pp 741-771 (Sansa, Daenerys, Tyrion). They discuss The Darkness, Red conveys a half remembered NPR story about the missing Apollo 11 tapes, Ser Marc Meryn, Joffrey the pick-up artist, Daenerys the Enthusiastic and Determined, Mirri Maz Duur gets real, the biggest beard since Gandalf, and book Tyrion and TV Tyrion become one. Next week we cover THE REST OF THE BOOK AKA pp 772-807 (Jon, Cat, Daenerys).

Ivan and Red cover Daenerys, Arya, and Bran (702-740). They talk about Jorah's poor fashion sense, Arya going Oliver Twist, Bran noting people don't fight very well, Bran suggesting a two man Power Ranger-like assemblage of himself and Hodor, and The Kings of Winter. Next week we cover Sansa, Daenerys, Tyrion (pp 741-771).

Kelly's back with Ivan and Red to cover 568-617 (Bran, Daenerys, Catelyn, and Tyrion). We cover some Karstarks, wine tasting in Dothrak, russian arms dealer Robb, Bran's bowls turning to water, and Tywin chatting up some hill people. Listen until the end to find out about Kelly's new project. Next week we cover 618-664 (Sansa, Eddard, Catelyn, Jon).

This week Ivan & Red are all over 523-567 (Eddard, Arya, Sansa, Jon). They discuss Cantonese vs Mandarin, remembering to follow "the right of the game", Ivan drops a string of impressive sounding bands, Stark learns he lacks the upper hand, Syrio is WAY more badass in text, Sansa sets new records for obliviousness, and Jon… kicks… Thorne… in… the… soup. Next week we cover pp 568-617 (Bran, Daenerys, Catelyn, and Tyrion).